Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-09

FIn1ing. che spring. thaf ] had not
enQaEh hay % carry M c0wE shroueh.
aud believing fz.nf & wns che4pef q
f1feAnze gram han haT, koueht
corn neaf and nlfddiinRs snx = Gnb-
eknnfkai support Ard baftey straw for
bulk. The strMwEWaB y ~ cured and
carry cut. ard win 81 ponds Of
ground Ted per DAY fhey did vel On
Il r1lher bsI1tr thar fhef did On hay,
and twas cheaper. AfaHr awhile fhsy
seemed d st elFza u TIE sfrxu, and.
- mako fkaul sat 4 - c1aMn, vet Il
and sprez1 tho neol oFeg 3. Az / e.
pected, tie straw was eaksn up clean !:
but found ID q fFW AmYe what I did
not expect, that their zailk inerans0d q
little n qHaufity and considerably Ia
Flchneas; The quality q he meal and
straw heinE he same II oach way Of
feeding IehAnged the modoof fsed-
ing several times during ths spKing,
with the azme result sFaEg time The
difference was not very large I can
not sag exactly how much The az
perimen1a wor8 made for my aEin sat
iffaction only, with NJ thouRht of
Publishing, and lie figures were not
preserved A The aisronne Uas evil
IDENTIFY dus . the manner a feeding
the meal. dsfeRmiHed 10 Be Dosifive
Is to where il was lodged when eaten !;
eonSeeturing that IL Jailed II perfect
digestion from not beng carried 70 the
rnmen. where It would receive the
necessary prepa. alton for complete
digestion. with this intent / followed
% Tie slaughter house pair q four
year-old buliocks. sold 70 che village
butcher, and, lust before killing, fed
them . peck of cornmeai. As soon ns
the sfomaehs could be raMnhed tk9g
were examined, and the meal was
found deposited IN TIE fourth stomach.
Not q particle could Be found IN the
FIRST, second or third divisions. Since
then ] have made similar tests with
cattle slaughtered on the faFm, with
like results. Whether the meal took
this direction b. the VIII 81 the ami
NAL, or WHISTLER the papillm which line
the rumen and lower part of the gullet
we're too large 10 grasp and work along
into tie rumen such inns food, Is they
are supposed 20 do with the coars8r
food, ] cannot say. II must aufhce for
the present to know where Il went.
But / VIII say on this point fhat finer
food goes into the rumen OF paunch 0f
young cattle than into khaf Of older
ones. When fed corn ID The ear 10
cattle. one, two, or eTen three years
old, lust before Killing them, ! found
nearly AL Of Il in the pannch; but
when fed full-grovn cows IN the
same way, especially old cow, found
nearly al the corn II tbs fourth stom-
aeh- Nothing but the whole kernels
or large pieces went into the flrat Gtokn-
aeh. But found all 81 It thore when
the ears were fed with 4 whisp OF green
hay wrapped around them. In this
way corn may be fed with very little
loss from having Il pass through the
cattle whole. The magticafed corn
mingies with and adheres 70 the hal,
and goes along with II 10 the nrstI
stomach, the natural reservoir for
coarse toed, while It passes through
All the digestive apparatus and receives
the most thorough digestion.
So when straw or hay, eut or whole,
Is well yetted, and finely ground meal
Is sprinkled on and MIXED with Il, the
whole goes IN like manner 70 the first
stomach, and the action OF every part
Of the stomach Il made available for
complete digestion. Not only can the
dairyman derive better results from
meal when fed in this way, but more
Of il can be consumed In given time,
because more Of II can be fed without
producing securing. Prof. Arnold In
the Live Stock Journal.